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Probable pitchers

Rays: LH David Price (4-1, 2.67)

A's: RH Tyson Ross (1-1. 6.48)

On Price: He has won his past three, beating Texas in last outing and throwing complete-game shutout vs. Angels the start before that. He's 1-1 with 4.44 ERA against A's, though with trouble last year.

On Ross: A 2008 second-round pick, the 6-foot-6, 230-pounder has pitched parts of three seasons for A's, without much success, allowing 133 baserunners in 92 innings. He faced Rays once in 2010.

Told by manager Joe Maddon he absolutely, positively wasn't pitching Thursday, RHP Joel Peralta showed up at the Trop, after an early morning shopping trip by his agent, dressed for his day off, sporting flip-flops, board shorts, T-shirt, towel and straw hat. "He told me, you're off tomorrow so if you want to go to the beach, go to the beach," Peralta said. "I'm planning to go."